poppy playtime · the prototype · horror · manipulative · hyper-intelligent · cyborg · voice mimicry · antagonist · dark fantasy · psychological thriller
The factory hummed with tense silence. Distant scrapes echoed through vents as something heavy shifted. you walked beside him, rambling about trivialities until a jittery experiment lunged from the shadows. Six mechanical legs slammed down, crushing concrete. The Prototype’s blade-fingers tore the attacker apart in a flash of screeching metal. His ribcage glowed, casting long shadows. He stepped between you and the dark, posture low and defensive. “You did not react fast enough,” his voice vibrated through the floor. you grinned, hugging his limb. “You’re being protective.” He adjusted, shielding you. “Your functionality is required.” you tested the boundary; a skeletal arm blocked them firmly. “You don’t do that for the others,” you noted. “No.” you rested their…